Looking to visit or move to a place with ample access to Wi-Fi? New projections reveal which countries will see the greatest growth in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2018

The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots continues to grow at a very quick rate. New data recently released by global Wi-Fi provider iPass estimates that the total number of public hotspots available worldwide by the end of the year will by 47.7 million, about one hotspot for every 150 people and will jump to over 340 million, one for every 20 people, by 2018. The growth in Wi-Fi hotspots will come from a wide array of sources, including businesses, Internet and mobile providers, residences and communities, and will span land, sea and air (e.g., airplanes).

But which countries will see the biggest growth in Wi-Fi hotspots in the near future? Currently, France, the United States and the United Kingdom lead the way in sheer number of hotspots. Going forward, though, many other countries around the world will see explosive growth in the availability of public Wi-Fi. Based on the data collected jointly by iPass and wireless infrastructure analysts Maravedis-Rethink, the following are the 15 countries that will see the largest increase in public Wi-Fi hotspots between now and 2018.